[Ohio-talk] Great news from Cleveland!

[Eric Duffy]

I want to thank  and congratulate everyone who helped make this happen. This
shows what we can accomplish when we are united and work together with a
single purpose. In other words, this is an example of collective action at
its best.



Eric

-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cheryl
Fields
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 2:59 PM
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Great news from Cleveland!

Hello Barb,
The Cleveland Chapter would like to thank you and Bob for being therre on
Friday evening. We thank the Cuyahoga Chapter for their support, and all
other guests, volunteers, and members. Hip hip hooray on our collective
success! Barb, your experience and input really made it happen, thanks
again!
We would encourage other chapters to be persistant, and if we can be of any
assistance just let us know.
Stay cool, drink plenty of water,
Cheryl fields

On 5/20/13, Barbara Pierce <bbpierce at pobox.com> wrote:
> I joined the Cleveland chapter Friday evening for a round table 
> discussion with reps from Marcy Kaptur's office and Marcia Fudge's 
> office. Bev Charles from the Fudge staff said that her boss was on 
> both bills as a cosponsor. I know that she had not been as of noon 
> that day, so I gently said that her name did not appear on Thomas, 
> which was absolutely true. If Bev had announced that the staff had 
> decided that Ms. Fudge would support both bills that very day, she 
> would have had the credit for that decision and the thanks of the 
> entire audience.
>
> I have now talked with Kyle Williams of Fudge's Washington staff, and 
> he assures me that they have given her name to the lead sponsors of 
> both bills!
> She really is now on both bills, or she will be as soon as the list 
> catches up with the staff's action.
>
> I am absolutely certain that this would not have happened without the 
> hard work of the Cleveland chapter, and especially of Suzanne Turner. 
> This experience demonstrates why getting to members of Congress in the 
> district is so valuable.
>
> All three women in the Ohio congressional delegation are now 
> cosponsors of the space available bill, and the only two Ohioans on 
> the Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act are Joyce Beatty and 
> Marcia Fudge. Ohio now has 11 cosponsors of the space available bill. We
are over half way there.
> Please do everything you can to increase our numbers on both bills, 
> and congratulations to Cleveland.
>
> Barbara
>
>
> Barbara Pierce
>
> President Emerita
>
> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
>
>
>
>
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